ABSTRACT

In our study, we aimed to investigate the effect of laparoscopic procedures in which the abdominal cavity at a Trendelenburg position of 15 degrees was insufflated with CO2 on cardiac and liver markers.

Forty patients scheduled for laparoscopic gynaecological surgery were included in the study. Venous blood samples were taken the day before operation and 6 hours after surgery, and later, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine kinase (CK), creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), myoglobin (MY) and d-dimer (d-D) were measured.

There was no statistically significant difference in the values of preoperative and postoperative ALT (16.8±9.4 and 17.8±9.3; p=0.579), AST (19.4±7 and 20.9±7.6; p=0.361) and ALP (65.2±16.2 and 63.3±16.9; p=0.609), but LDH (385.1±117.3 and 460.6±156.3; p=0.003), CK (113.8±138.5 and 247.9±283.5; p=0.0001), CK-MB (22.8±13.3 and 28.7±16; p=0.011), MY (28.1±12.9 and 138.8±129; p=0.0001) and d-D (509.5±815: 1026±1054; p=0.0001) increased significantly.

After laparoscopic operations in the Trendelenburg position, postoperative serum ALT, AST and ALP levels, compared to preoperative values, remained unchanged, but LDH, CK, CK-MB, myoglobin and d-dimer values increased significantly.

Keywords: Gynaecological laparoscopic surgery, Trendelenburg, cardiac enzymes, liver enzymes